Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jim. All of our cedar trees, and we have many, are infected. I hate to cut down trees but I will have no problem getting rid of these! Fungi scare me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57imEfknMQ Tina On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Hi Tina, > > I've heard of this, but have never seen it. I've been around cedar trees > all my life. Thanks for the nice images, especially the last one. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; "Leica Users Group" <lug at > leica-users.org>; > "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>; "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>; > "Olympus > Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:42 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cedar Rust > > > PESO: >> >> It started to rain yesteday afternoon, after we had finished planting 75 >> tomato plants! The rain brings out the cedar rust on all of the cedar >> trees around here: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/149915885<http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149915885> >> >> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/149915887<http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149915887> >> >> The cedar rust sends out spores that infect the apple trees with a fungus. >> The only cure is to cut down all of the cedar trees within a 4 mile >> radius. We plan to cut the ones on our farm but will have to spray the >> apple trees to prevent the fungus from other cedar trees from infecting >> them :-( There are cedar resistent apple trees, but they aren't totally >> successful in the face of this much rust!! >> >> It's the weirdest looking stuff I've ever seen and I had never seen it >> before we moved here. >> >> C&C and suggestions greatly appreciated! >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com